Calories in Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese

Calories per Ingredient

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Calories per serving of Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese

113 calories of 365 Organic Whole Wheat Penne Pasta, (56.69 grams)

31 calories of Butternut Squash, (0.38 cup, cubes)

25 calories of Cheddar or Colby Cheese, Low Fat, (0.13 cup, shredded)

20 calories of Ricotta Cheese, part skim milk, (0.06 cup)

16 calories of Milk, nonfat, (0.19 cup)

10 calories of Parmesan Cheese, shredded, (0.50 tbsp)

9 calories of Bread crumbs, dry, grated, plain, (0.02 cup)

5 calories of Olive Oil, (0.13 1tsp)

2 calories of Vegetable Broth, (0.13 cup)

Nutrition & Calorie Comments

This was good. I used low fat extra sharp cheddar. I didn't have the ricotta on hand so I used low fat cottage cheese. I puréed the butternut squash and broth. I put a layer of sliced tomato on top of the macaroni mixture and then the bread crumbs. Had my doubts, but my husband ate two bowlfuls!

I like the idea of using mashed squash to extend the cheese sauce. Next step: serve that sauce over cauliflower instead of pasta. Shazam! Watch your calories decrease exponentially. That's what I'm going to try!

This was pretty good. I'm glad I used the 12 oz. box of rotini. It fit perfectly into the 9x9 dish. I, also, used small curd fat free cottage cheese since I didn't have any ricotta on hand. Hubby liked it so much he had extra servings.

We enjoyed this, so much I'll make it again. I used a low-fat cheese and fatfree yogurt in place of the ricotta. I also skipped the breadcrumbs and olive oil; I covered the dish when baking. You won't mistake this for "real" mac 'n' cheese, but it's delicious in its own right!

Loved this!!! My 4 kids didn't even know butternut squash was in it! Did not use the topping, and substituted lower fat cheese for regular. I also blended the squash and broth to make a smoother consistency (helped kids not notice the squash.) definitely will make again!

This recipe was really good. I pureed my cooked squash, used Ronzoni Garden Delight Pasta (enriched Tomato Carrot & Spinach Pasta Blend.) I had no Veggie Stock so I used 1 small Knorrs Chicken Boullion cube and deleted the required salt that the original recipe asked for. Muy Excellente'!!!

this was very good I have made the countless times for my family as a way to 'hide' the veggies when my kids were young. I used frozen squash as a time saver and just use parm cheese as a topping instead. I have used crushed salt free pretzels before and it's yummy but kids don't like them lol.

Definitely sounds like one to try, espc. with variation of pumpkin since I have that in the freezer. Plus, Mac-n-Cheese is done fairly often (DD does sports snd always looking for carbs before the gsme/meet)

I've revised my opinion of this recipe. When I first tried it yesterday, I rated it "bad". Today I had it left over, added more salt and a tablespoon of flax meal and enjoyed it a bit more. I thought it only fair to say so. I'm glad most people seem to be loving it.

I substituted low fat mozzarella and goat cheese for the cheddar and ricotta since I didn't want to go to the store and it was delish. For breadcrumbs I used panko. Crumbled 3 slices of cooked proscuitto for extra yum. Wasn't that much work